Load Indicator Lights

Not loaded. The .gig file is not loaded. You need to click the Download button to load it to the selected MIDI channel.

Loaded. The .gig file is loaded. The instrument you hear matches the settings you have made in the Editor.

Save and reload required. The .gig file is loaded, but you have made edits that require the file be saved to disk and reloaded before they can be heard. The instrument you hear may no longer match the settings you have made in the Editor. The yellow RELOAD indicator means that the file can be saved quickly.

Full save and reload required. The red RELOAD indicator means that the instrument has changed so extensively that the file must be completely rewritten, potentially a more time consuming operation.

When the RELOAD indicator is lit, you can continue to edit the instrument, but you will not hear all of your edits until you have done a save/reload cycle:

Click on the Download button.

You can save the file to its original location (Save) or to a new location (Save As).

Note that if you choose Save As, the Editor will always perform a full save.

If a full save is required anyway, the Save As option may be faster, because it avoids the necessity of writing an intermediate file in the temp directory.

These are major changes that alter the structure of the .GIG file and require a full save:

•Adding, deleting, or replacing instruments, regions, or samples.

•Adding, deleting, reordering or changing dimensions and splits.

Separating Parameters from .GIG file

Doing a complete full save can be time consuming if you are dealing with large .gig files. This problem has been solved with the ability to separate the instrument parameters from the samples.

1. Go to the File menu and choose Save As…

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